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May Wetherby Jones Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$154k
Granted FY2023
27
Grants FY2023
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fund
0189% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182024.

Human Services$84kArts & Culture$39kRecreation & Sports$35kHealth$30kHousing & Shelter$18kReligion$17kEducation$13kFood & Nutrition$13kOther$0
02FY2023 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k23 grants · $104k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St. John Center Inc$20,000
Waterfront Botanical Gardens, Inc.$10,000
The Filson Historical Society$10,000
Louisville Olmstead Parks Conservancy, Inc.$10,000
St. Luke's Episcopal Church$8,000
YMCA of Greater Louisville$7,000
The Morton Center$7,000
21st Century Parks, Inc.$5,000
Society of St. Vincent dePaul Council of Louisville$5,000
Summit Academy of Greater Louisville, Inc.$5,000
Kentucky Humane Society$5,000
Harbor House of Louisville$5,000
Maryhurst, Inc.$5,000
Hildegard House$5,000
Historic Locust Grove, Inc.$5,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

16%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$46k · 3 repeat orgs$248k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
21

Total granted

$46k
$117k

Still filing today

0%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LO
    Louisville Olmstead Parks Conservancy Inc
    2× · 2022–2023 · $20k
  • SL
    St. Luke's Episcopal Church
    2× · 2022–2023 · $16k
  • BG
    Boys & Girls Club, Inc
    2× · 2022–2023 · $10k

Funded once

  • DT
    DARE TO CARE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +31%
  • TH
    THE HEALING PLACE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +4%
  • TF
    THE FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -29%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
2
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

3
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
4
Missouri Historical Society

The missouri historical society (mhs) is a missouri pro forma decree, not-for-profit corporation whose primary functions are educational and community programs; collections and conservation; library and research; and exhibitions.…

Arts & Culture
5
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
6
Lafayette General Foundation Inc

The lafayette general foundation was created to support lafayette general health (lgh), acadiana's only community-owned, nonprofit health system. we exist to help fulfill lgh's mission, to restore, maintain, and improve health. our role is…

Health
7
Lafayette General Health System Inc

The organization was organized for the benefit and support of its related 501(c)(3) health care entities which provide medical care to restore, maintain and improve the health of the community in which it serves.

Health
8
St Martin Hospital Inc

To improve, maintain and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
9
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
10
Lafayette General Medical Center Inc

To restore, maintain, and imprive health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
11
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
12
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St John Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is Whittier Home Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 46 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr18%5%10–20yr16%10%20–35yr14%38%35–55yr18%43%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%9%5–10yr18%4%10–20yr16%9%20–35yr14%44%35–55yr18%35%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/21
the rest of the field
12%
2,432/20,297

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 48 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
10/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

St. John Center Inc — $20,000 · OtherSt. John Center IncLouisville Olmstead Parks Conservancy Inc — $20,000 · OtherLouisville Olmstead Parks Conservancy IncSt. Luke's Episcopal Church — $16,000 · OtherSt. Luke's Episcopal ChurchWaterfront Botanical Gardens, Inc. — $10,000 · OtherThe Filson Historical Society — $10,000 · OtherTHE HEALING PLACE INC — $10,000 · OtherBoys & Girls Club, Inc — $10,000 · OtherST JOHN CENTER INC — $10,000 · Other+26 more — $108,000 · Other+26 moreWhittier Home Association — $5,000 · Human Servicesthe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc — $5,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesHISTORIC HOMES FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Arts & CultureFUND FOR THE ARTS INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureSPEED ART MUSEUM — $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $10,000 · Recreation & Sports21ST CENTURY PARKS INC — $5,000 · Recreation & SportsDARE TO CARE INC — $10,000 · Food & NutritionSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterLOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIO — $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 · Education
Other$214,000Human Services$20,000Arts & Culture$17,000Recreation & Sports$15,000Food & Nutrition$10,000Housing & Shelter$10,000Education$8,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDARE TO CARE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEALING PLACE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JOHN CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIO — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSMOKETOWN FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER CORP — $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget21ST CENTURY PARKS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetthe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC HOMES FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFUND FOR THE ARTS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETRO UNITED WAY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MORTON CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPEED ART MUSEUM — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Gheens Foundation IncKY32.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gheens Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · V V Cooke Foundation Corporation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · James Graham Brown Foundation Inc · Lift a Life Foundation Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Brown-Forman Foundation · Owsley Brown II Family Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

04Through Plinth

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How do I get to May Wetherby Jones Foundation?

Find your warmest path to May Wetherby Jones Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 48 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $171k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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